6G Hyper Reliable and Low-latency Communication - Requirement Analysis and Proof of Concept

• Published in: 2023 IEEE 98th Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC2023-Fall) pp. 1 - 5
• Main Authors: Tao, Tao, Wang, Yang, Li, Dong, Wan, Yan, Baracca, Paolo, Wang, Ailing
• Format: Conference Proceeding
• Language: English
• Published: IEEE 10.10.2023
• Subjects: 5G mobile communication; 6G HRLLC; 6G mobile communication; 6G proof of concept; Digital twins; Indoor environment; Reliability engineering; round-trip delay; Ultra reliable low latency communication; Vehicular and wireless technologies
• ISSN: 2577-2465
• DOI: 10.1109/VTC2023-Fall60731.2023.10333792

In this paper, we firstly analyze potential use cases and new requirements related to ultra-reliable and low-latency communications (URLLC) in 6G era. With the objective of showing feasibility of round-trip latency less than 100 µs, we propose a system design that introduces novel features in comparison to 5G design such as larger SCS, new frame structure and paired scheduling, and create a proof-of-concept (PoC). A verification test in a real indoor scenario shows that our system can achieve 78 μs round-trip latency and higher reliability than 5G under static environment. Furthermore, we describe challenges, potential solutions and research directions for 6G hyper reliable and low-latency communication (HRLLC).